GIGABYTE GV-N1030D4-2GL GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2G Computer Graphics Card

Works as advertised.

I bought this to go into an older Dell tower computer (Optiplex 9020 MT) so I could use it with my TV to stream video. I needed a basic video card which would give me HDMI output, as the Dell’s onboard video did not have such a connector. I also wanted to upgrade the graphics capabilities a bit – I’m steaming video, not playing modern video games. This card is NOT sufficient for modern video games.Installation was easy. The Dell had Windows 10 on it, and it recognized the card and installed some drivers to get me going. I went to the NVidia website and downloaded their drivers for this card, and installed them. I thought I was good to go. However, I found that every time I shut off my monitor, the computer would crash/reboot shortly after turning the monitor back on. I never had a problem while the monitor remained on – but when I shut it down, a reboot was inevitable.After some research, I found that there are 2 branches of drivers for this card. One is the “Studio” branch (the one I started with) which is supposedly better tested and more stable, and the “Game Ready” drivers, which are more cutting edge. I was shocked to see the version of the “Studio” drivers was WAY behind the “Game Ready” driver version. Apparently, there is a known issue with the studio drivers crashing if they have problems negotiating a connection to a monitor. I have an odd setup where I am using a HDMI splitter for my computer video to pipe video to both a 25” monitor and a big screen TV. Apparently, the studio drivers weren’t happy with that setup. So, after uninstalling the “Studio” drivers and installing the “Game Ready” drivers, I’ve had no issues. Apparently that issue was fixed somewhere along the way between the “Studio” drivers and the “Game Ready” drivers. So now, everything works perfectly for me.

It's refurbished, but it held up well, it's a 1030 so you're not going to be getting primo graphics, but it'll do for most games around 2010 or before, not too great on modern games. It was an okay purchase.

20240815: Had intermittent Graphics issue on Desktop. Narrowed to Graphice card. Bought this one and installed easily. Working great so far. No issues. Reasonable price. However, I do not stress the video as no gaming, just normal spreadsheet and word processing along with occassional web surfing...

Good video card but I'm not really a gamer, but I love gigabyte products it works really good

It helps me run you tube and android programs at the same time. Definitely worth its value if it fits.

Works great in small form factor PCs. It fits perfectly and stays cool under normal use.

The DDR5 versions is much better based benchmarks online and at this time it is $10 more. When you are looking at 10-20 FPS difference on low end gaming this can be a huge difference. I'm assuming the high rating is because other people were in the same situation as myself. They needed a discrete low-profile card on an older system. This card is the worst option.Pros:*Might be faster than CPU integrated graphics. (Most reviews don't compare DDR4 and DDR5 version of the card).*It is low profile.Cons:*Much Slower than 1030 with DDR5.*Misleading.Before you say you should research things, well, maybe Nvidia shouldn't blatantly misrepresent what they are selling. I understand it says DDR4 in the details of the card Nvidia should have released this as a completely different card like a 1020 to signify lower performance. It isn't like they didn't know it had worse performance, they knew it. AMD typically relabels the product so I least you can tell at face value there is a difference (better or worse).At this stage I should have gone with my gut and probably gone with the AMD RX 550 low profile, but I wanted to give Nvidia a try. AMD RX 550 has DDR5 in all models, more RAM and hardware encoding if you need that.People complain about AMD marketing, but what about this card from Nvidia?